Cigarette case and lighter



March 25 1924;

J. 'GEMEINHARDT' CIGARETTE CASE AND L IGHTER Filed Dec. 1, 1.922

Patented Mar. 25,. 1924.

i JOHN-GEMEINARVDT, F LITTLE FALLS, NEW JERSEY.

CIGrRE'lTE CASE AND LIGHTER.

application med December 1, 1922. lseme No. 604,362. y

To all whom t may' concern.' y l Be it known that I,'JOHN GEMEINHARDT, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residingfat Little Falls, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigarette Cases and Lighters, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to a cigarette case and lighter device, and theobject of the invention is the construction of. a simple and efficientcigarette case which is pro. videdwvith means for holding cigarettes,and discharging same,one at a time,A and at the same time of dischargingthecigarette may be quickly lighted.-

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention comprisescertainnovel combinations, constructions andarrangements of parts aswill be hereinafter de- --,scribed, illustrated -in the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

- In the drawings:v

Figure 1 lis a view, in elevation, of a device constructed in accordancewith the.

present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan viewv of the device. Figure 3 is a sectionalView, t-aken'on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of thearrows.

Figure 4 is a sectional View, taken 0nline 4-4, Fig. 3, and'looking inthe direction of the arrows. f

Figure 5 is a sectional View, taken on line 5-5, Fig. 3, and looking inthe direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary, vertical, sectional view of thedevice.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the clgarette containers.

Figure 8 is an enlarged, sectional view, taken on line 8-8, Fig. 7, 'andlooking in the directionl of the arrows.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on line 9-9.'Fig. 6, showing how thecontact arms are insulated from the outer casing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the main. or outercasing, and 2 designates the auxiliary or inner casing. The inner casingpreferably extends through vthe top 3 of the outer casing 1, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6. In the extended portion of the inner casingis a iiashlight 4,'

inner casing 2 is a battery' 5 which is suitably connected to theflashlight 4 for causing the same to be illuminated at the will of theoperator. y

The botton'1`6, of the outer casing 1, is hinged, at Fig. 1,- to thecasing 1. The hinged bottom 6 allows the battery 5 to be placed in theVinner casing, and the cigarette containers 8 to be placed between theinner 65 and outer casings, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Each container 8 is tubular-shaped, and is open both at its top andbottom. The bott-om of lthe container 8 is bevelled at 9, and thisbevelled edge terminates'in an in- 70 verted, V-shaped slot 10.Inwardly-extend inglips 11 are formed upon the lower end of the.container 8 for holding the cigarette up a slight distance above thehinged bottom 6, so that the lower end 12,` of the lifter l device 13,will readily be positioned under the lower end of the cigarette to belifted out ofthe container 8.

Each container 8 is provided upon its side witha pair of anges 14 andwith a 80 lug 15. Each container is also provided with a grip 16. Thecontainers are linked together with an endless chain (Fig. 4) by havinga lug 15 of each container fit between the Harige ,14 ofthe nextcontiguous container. The operator can place his finger vin the op'ening17, causing the linger-nail to engage the grip 16, pushing thecontainer, or containers, around the inner casing so that, successively,the containers are placed .parallel with an outwardly-bulged portion 18,in which the lifter device 13 is mounted. As each container v8 reachedits parallel position with portion 18, the lower vend 12,

of the lifter device 13, comes under the M cigarette in the container 8,and by the operator lifting `on the knob 19, the cigarette can be liftedto the position shown by dotted lines 20, Fig. 6, whereupon the operatorcan grip, by hand or mouth, the cigarette le@ and draw it entirely outof the containerI and casing, and with the lifting of the lifter' device13, the upper end of said device will come in contact with both of theends 21tl of The arms 2l are suitably insulated from the top 3 of theouter casing, as shown in Fig. 9. The arms 21 are in contact with thebattery 5, so that when the lifter device closes the circuit between theends 21*L of said arms, the heating of the ends to an incandescentdegree, or red hot,`will be accomplished for affording a ready lighterfrom the cigarette, that is extracted, or has been 'extracted from thecasing. p

To fillthe containers 8 all that is necessary is to open the bottomofthedevice and place the cigarettes in the containers and then close thehinged bottom 6.

It isv to benoted' that the end 12, of the lifter device 13, willreadily ride up the bevelled ed es 9, thence into the inverted, V-shapeds ot 10, for readily lifting the cigarette, upon the operator raisingthe knob 19.

While I have described the preferred einbodiment of my invention,andhave illustrated the same in the accompanying-drawings, certain minorchanges or alterations ma appear to one skilled in the art to which thisinvention relates, during the extensive manufacture of the same and I,therefore, reserve the right to make such alterations or changes as-shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim isz' 1. In a device of the class described, the combinationof an inner andan outer casing, said outer casing provided with anopening, a plurality of containers between said casings, each containerprovidedy at one side witha pair of parallel flanges and upon its otherside with a lug, the lugs .of the containers fitting between theparallel flanges, each container provided with a grip, said grip adaptedto be positioned contiguous to saidopening in the outer casingforperxnitting an operator to propel the containers around the innercasing; and means for lifting cigarettes out of the casing from thecontainers.

2. In a'device of the class described, theY combination with a casing,of a container within said casing, arms contiguous to said container,means connectin a source of electricity to said arms, a liting devicecooperating with the container and also with said arms, whereby, whenthe lifting device is moved relative to the container the saine willclose a circuit across Vsaid arms, whereby portions of the arms areheated for permitting a'cigarette to be lighted.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a' casing provided with a bulged portion, a containercarried by said casing and adapted to register with said bulged portion,a lifter device slidably mounted upon the bulged y portion, said lifterdevice provided with a knob extendimg through the bulged portion, deviceprovided with a` lower Aend extending into the container, contact armscarried .by the casing and havingtheir outer ends contiguous to thecontainer, said lifter de- Vice adapted to engage the outer ends of thecontact arms and close a circuit therebetween, Vand means for supplyingelectricity to4 lsaid arms. Y

4.' In a device of the class described, the combination with an innerand outer casing,

said lifter said outer casin provided with a "finger opening, a pluraity of containers between said inner and outer casings and adapted topass by said finger opening, means on each container for allowlng thelinger of the operator to propel the containers, and

.means for ejecting a cigarette from each of said containers;

i 5. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a casing, a container within said casing,

lower, bevelled end and with supporting said container provided with a.

lips or flanges on said end and with anin-HV uous to said end,

verted V-shaped slot conti and a liftin device exten ing into said endand adapte to enter said V-shaped slot for lifting a cigarette withinsaid container.

In testimony whereof VI hereunto aix my signature. y

JOI-IN GEMEINHARDT.

